Three cheers for Clive

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Aw what a gorgeous boy he is. Hope he recovers soon. Poor little love.. yep fireworks are a big pain! Sending Lots of hugs and kisses for him. :D
 
So, Clive seems to slowly be making progress ... fingers well and truly crossed that it keeps up. We are on our third day of no squeaks. The vet has has advised us to continue his meds for another 10 days and then we will take it from there. It's just so lovely to see him going to the toilet happily (such a random statement but you know what I mean!). Thank you for your support and comments so far x
 
Bad news :( Clive is going back to the vets tomorrow for a repeat procedure of his radiograph and possibly a 2nd bladder flush. We had just sorted out with the vets how to start weaning him off his meds when he started to squeak again. It was only for one evening and haven't heard it since but the vet wants to be sure there aren't any new stones / sludge forming. I am very upset and just hoping he pulls through again. Even though it is stressful I am grateful to have a good vet who is taking Clive's health seriously. I just hope I have good news to share with you over the weekend.
 
Good news :) Nothing showed up on the x ray so the vet did a quick flush with a catheter and found nothing untoward. He said Clive's bladder has become enlarged so he will now be more prone to infection, and infection is the most likely cause of his current squeaking. They couldn't get a urine sample today but have put him on a course of antibiotics. He has to go back in 10 to 14 days. I have made a very warm snuggly den full of blankets and snoozy bedding and he has just eaten a plate of lettuce and is now resting in his den.
 
Clive is definitely tired today but he is drinking, eating his lettuce and readigrass (though doesn't seem to want much hay at the mo), pooping etc. so fingers crossed he is going to recover well. He doesn't like his new medicine at all though, and ended up with messy chops during syringe feeding this morning :)
 
Poor baby. It is horrible to have to give them medicine as they hate it. Get well soon sweetie.
 
Poor boy! I hope that he recovers well! What antibiotic is he on? The best one for bladder issues is septrin.
 
Another update! Sorry it's getting a bit long, but if someone is going through the same things, I think it's useful to keep adding information!

Clive is doing much better since the second bladder flush (even though nothing showed up on the x ray) and although he still squeaks occasionally when weeing the vet is happy that there is nothing majorly wrong with him. He is also weeing a lot quicker than before. He is going to have his 1/4 of a tablet every day for the rest of his life (it's to break up the calcium), stay on a very low calcium diet, he has 14 more days of metacam on a lower dose and cerenia on a lower dose until the bottle runs out.

Our vet is very experienced with guineas (travels to worldwide conferences on them!) and he says there is still no definite explanation / cure for issues such as this. He said if Clive starts squeaking a lot again (after all these meds are finished) we are to try him with metacam for a few days and see how he fares. I'm also going to try him with some cystaid (my vet is sceptical but says it will do no harm if we want to try it).

So as long as Clive seems happy and well we will just keep going. Thank you for all your advice / support. Have a nice Christmas!
 
Waaaaaat? He's gorgeous! He looks nothing like a rat & rats are cute anyway xx
 
Update!

I am really pleased with Clive's progress. He has been off all of his meds since the beginning of January. He stayed on cerenia but stopped his metacam and had the odd squeak, then the week before last he stopped his cerenia too (all on the advice of his vet, I should add!). Since then he has been regularly going to the toilet without squeaking :) I'm so happy :) He has had a couple of mild squeaks, and a couple of very bad squeaks which always make me go 'uh oh', but then when I monitor him he seems A-OK. I bought him a wooden house for his 'convalescence period' which he is enjoying very much. He is still on a pretty restricted diet (hay, readigrass, and lettuce) but is full of life. I can't believe this has been going on since October! Fingers crossed it will be a long time until his next bad patch. Thanks again for all your kind wishes, and especially to Jerrybelly who gave me much some needed support!
 
bessiehen said:
Update!

I am really pleased with Clive's progress. He has been off all of his meds since the beginning of January. He stayed on cerenia but stopped his metacam and had the odd squeak, then the week before last he stopped his cerenia too (all on the advice of his vet, I should add!). Since then he has been regularly going to the toilet without squeaking :) I'm so happy :) He has had a couple of mild squeaks, and a couple of very bad squeaks which always make me go 'uh oh', but then when I monitor him he seems A-OK. I bought him a wooden house for his 'convalescence period' which he is enjoying very much. He is still on a pretty restricted diet (hay, readigrass, and lettuce) but is full of life. I can't believe this has been going on since October! Fingers crossed it will be a long time until his next bad patch. Thanks again for all your kind wishes, and especially to Jerrybelly who gave me much some needed support!
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I'm so pleased to hear this! He is clearly a fighter and I'm glad he's now more comfortable.

Three cheers for Clive, indeed! :))

C. x
 
So pleased to hear that Clive is doing much better. He's such a cute little fellow. x)
 
Woah, can't believe I started this thread in November, 8 months ago! Clive has done so well. No problems really since his 2nd bladder flush. We hear maybe a couple of squeaks a month, and there was one bad day when we gave him a bit of metacam after ringing the vet, but that's it. Long may it continue :)
 
bessiehen said:
Woah, can't believe I started this thread in November, 8 months ago! Clive has done so well. No problems really since his 2nd bladder flush. We hear maybe a couple of squeaks a month, and there was one bad day when we gave him a bit of metacam after ringing the vet, but that's it. Long may it continue :)
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Great news! I was thinking about Clive just the other day and wondering how he was doing. Jerry is now 14 months post-bladder flush and is also still a very happy, bouncy pig!
 
That's great news and he is such a gorgeous little fella with is spikey hair! I hope he continues to keep happy & healthy. :)
 
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